Australian Food Group

Sunday 20 Oct 2024 by Bianca Hall (The Age)

The widespread use of “gas chambers” to render pigs unconscious before their slaughter is under a cloud. Read more >

Monday 4 Mar 2024 by Geeta Pillai (BNN)

Victorian abattoir Australian Food Group commits to diversion program following exposure of pig slaughter methods by activists. Read more >

Monday 4 Mar 2024 by Emma Field (ABC News)

The owner of a Victorian piggery has accepted responsibility for the breaches after an investigation was sparked by video of slaughter practices inside its facilities. Read more >

Friday 1 Mar 2024 by Peter Hunt (The Weekly Times)

The court case against an abattoir in Melbourne’s southwest has concluded after animal activist footage led to charges arising from its handling of pigs. Read more >

Tuesday 31 Oct 2023 by Peter Hunt (The Weekly Times)

PrimeSafe has charged the Australian Food Group over its handling of pigs, following a Farm Transparency Project investigation. Read more >

Sunday 8 Oct 2023 by Alexi Demetriadi (The Australian)

A push to allow the publication of “horrific” footage of mistreatment of animals, including that of pigs being stun-gassed across slaughterhouses, is afoot in NSW. Read more >

Wednesday 3 May 2023 by Peter Hunt (Weekly Times)

Gas stunning of pigs causes panic and pain for an average 22 seconds, but alternatives such as electrocution and captive-bolts are just as problematic. Read more >

Wednesday 26 Apr 2023 by Lauren Day (ABC News)

Warning: This story contains content that may distress some readers. A pig abattoir has ceased operations amid a formal investigation into "serious and disturbing allegations" of mistreatment of animals, including one pig having its testicles torn off by machinery. Read more >

Wednesday 19 Apr 2023 by

From the 2nd - 7th April, 2023 Farm Transparency Project organised a week of actions to build momentum around our campaign to ban gas chambers, which had launched at the end of March. The week involved rallies, outreach and slaughterhouse shutdown before culminating in a march through Melbourne CBD. The following week, 25 people shut down Benalla slaughterhouse in response to a complete lack of action from the government, slaughterhouses and the Australian pork industry. Read more >

Thursday 30 Mar 2023 by Christopher Knaus (The Guardian Australia)

Australia’s two supermarket giants source pork from Victorian abattoirs depicted in “horrific” footage recording the effects of carbon dioxide gassing on pigs prior to slaughter. Read more >

Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by Lauren Day (ABC News)

There are calls for greater scrutiny of the pork industry after the ABC's 7.30 program airs video of pigs being stunned by carbon dioxide before slaughter. Read more >

Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by Eli Green (Daily Telegraph)

New hidden camera footage has revealed the way pigs are killed for their meat in Australia may be much less humane than previously thought. Read more >

Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by Rachael Ward (AAP)

The peak body for Australian pork farmers will review confronting footage which appears to show pigs squealing inside abattoirs before being killed. Read more >

Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by Michael Dahlstrom (Yahoo News)

Warning - confronting video. Activist Chris Delforce filmed pigs being gassed before slaughter inside an Australian abattoir. Source: Farm Transparency Project Read more >

Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by Writing Liberation (Medium)

On March 27th footage was aired on ABC’s 7:30, which showed in graphic detail the process of stunning inflicted on pigs farmed for their flesh. Modified atmospheric stunning (MAS) utilises… Read more >

Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by Alexandra Laskie (Weekly Times)

The Australian pig industry has defended its use of carbon dioxide gas to stun pre-slaughter after damning footage aired on television. Read more >

Monday 27 Mar 2023 by Eli Green (News.com.au)

New hidden camera footage has revealed the way pigs are killed for their meat in Australia may be much less humane than previously thought. Read more >

Monday 27 Mar 2023 by

In early 2023, our investigators captured footage from inside Victoria's three largest pig slaughterhouses, revealing the terrifying final moments of pigs subjected to deadly gas chambers. This is the story of how we did it and why we won't stop. Read more >

Monday 27 Mar 2023 by Lauren Day (ABC News)

The use of carbon dioxide to stun pigs before slaughter is legal and widespread – but activists believe the industry doesn't want you to know what it looks like. Read more >